Edmund Jowett

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Edmund Jowett
Deputy Leader of the Country Party
In office
25 February 1920 – 5 April 1921
LeaderWilliam McWilliams
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byHenry Gregory
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Grampians
In office
27 October 1917 – 16 December 1922
Preceded byCarty Salmon
Succeeded byDivision abolished
Personal details
Born(1858-01-06)6 January 1858
Country
(1919–22)
Spouse
Annette Rose McCallum
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(m. 1883)​
RelationsDavid Fairbairn (grandson)
OccupationPastoralist
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Edmund Jowett (6 January 1858 – 14 April 1936) was an Australian

Country Party upon its formation in 1920. He served as the party's inaugural deputy leader for just over one year, on a provisional basis under the leadership of William McWilliams
.

Early life

Jowett was born in

The Argus and contributed to the Australasian Banking Record. He married Annette Rose McCallum on 24 November 1883 at East St Kilda
.

Pastoralist

Jowett gradually accumulated property in

Victoria, eventually controlling more than forty properties including Palparara, Boorara and Kynuna Stations and owned over six million acres (24,000 km2). The Bulletin
stated at his death that he had owned more sheep than anyone in the world. He was appointed growers' representative on the Central Wool Committee (a wartime institution) in 1916, and also served on the Commonwealth Bureau of Commerce and Industry and the Victorian Meat Advisory Committee.

Politics

Jowett was influenced as a young man by

Country Party
in 1920.

On 25 February 1920, Jowett was elected unopposed as the inaugural deputy leader of the Country Party, with William McWilliams as leader.[1] He did not re-contest the position when it was declared vacant on 5 April 1921, and was succeeded by Henry Gregory.[2] His seat was abolished in 1922, and he contested Bendigo instead, but was unsuccessful. He continued to be active in the Country Party.

Later life

An advocate of electoral reform and proportional representation, Jowett always encouraged the immigration of Britons to Australia. He also produced a number of publications, and was a company director for some years. On 14 April 1936 he died at Strathane, one of his properties in the Queensland district of Leyburn, and was buried at St Kilda. He was survived by his wife, a son and three daughters.

One of his grandsons was the cabinet minister David Fairbairn.

Publications

  • The Unnatural Fall in Prices Due to Currency Legislation (1895)
  • The Ruinous Fall in the Prices of Produce and the Prevailing Scarcity of Money (1894)
  • Electoral reform for Australia (1917)
  • Proportional Representation for the Senate (1919)

References

  1. ^ "Country Party". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 February 1920.
  2. ^ "Country Party meeting". The West Australian. 6 April 1921.

Sources

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Grampians
1917–1922 		Division abolished
Party political offices
New political party Deputy Leader of the
Australian Country Party

1920–1921 		Succeeded by
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